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Editorial Opinion
Donald W. Davis
Death claimed a true friend of Penn State journalism
students Monday night and the aims of Donald W. Davis
will long be remembered by all those who knew him. It
was the second time within a year that students had lost
a friend in the field of mass communications—last October,
Louis H. Bell, director of public information and editor
of the Penn State Press, died suddenly in New York of a
heart attack.
Professor Davis was a pioneer in the field of teaching
advertising as a profession and he established the first
advertising courses at Penn State when he came here
in 193 G. Ile was most active in advertising teacher's
groups and other phases of advancing the instructional
program of advertising.
He was well-known throughout the state and nation
fur his interest in the field of advertising and was active
in many professional groups and societies. Davis served
as advisor to Alpha Delta Sigma advertising fraternity
for 23 years and was national president in 1947. He had
a deep interest in his students and always found time to
talk with them about possible jobs, arrange placement
interviews and keep tabs on them once they had gradu
ated. Often graduates returned to the campus to see him.
Davis had planned to take a leave of absence in the
fall to rewrite his basic textbook in advertising, which is
used in many departments throughout the nation. In three
years he would have retired but his interests in advertising
would have not ceased.
For many years he served as president of Collegian
Incorporated and stepped down only when the University
began to try to exercise censorship upon the paper. He
was proud of a free student newspaper and promised
always to fight for its freedom from censorship.
Heat, Rationalization
It's been mighty hot lately and University students
have been quick to take advantage of the cool Whipples,
Greenwood Furnace or Black Moshannon waters. The
extreme heat has been used as an excuse for missing
work and lack of initiative to study.
If students would forget about the heat and humidity
and just talk about those cool drives in the countryside
or the latest ice cream blends, there would be nothing
to complain about but that isn't human nature. So,
we just keep talking about the things which bother us
the most and forget about the niceties of life and the
many daily pleasures we enjoy.
The funniest example of a typical hypochondriac is
the fellow we met the other day who was moaning about
the hot weather in one breath, and who in the other was
taking off work to play a round of golf on the sun-baked
and treeless golf course. Common sense, you say—no just
quick rationalization.
For the past six months, coeds have been clamoring
for sunny days to obtain those rich, dark tans. Once it
rains, the clamoring increases for hotter and sunner days.
Now that we have had these "requested" days, any coed
will tell you that the suns been too hot or the roofs not at
the proper angle to catch the sun for the most penetrating
tan. Excuses, excuses.
Forget about the heat ... live with it and just remem
ber those cold, snowy, windy days will soon be here again.
A Student-Operated Newspaper
,ittlittirr Trillrgian
Successor to The Free Lance, est 1887
Publklied eery Thursday from June II to August 27 with the exception of June 9.
The Summer Collegian is a atudent-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class
matter July 5. 1934 at the State College. Pa. Poet Office under the act of
March 3. 1379.
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WILLIAM A. JAFFE
Editor I , l lco-t • ,
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Wayne Schlegel, photographer; Janet Dur
stine, copy editor; Assistants, Nancy Kling, Chris Bell, Barb
Mosgrave, Ruth Johnson, Dexter Hutchins, Elizabeth Yates,
Rodney Sheratsky, Sue Eberly.
SUMMER COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
JO RIDER CHESWORTH,
HARRIET LEAVER.
Co-Business Mgrs. -
Campus Beat
Standing . Stone
And Whipples
Are Favorites
If you haven't made the Stand
ing Stone Playhouse scene yet
this season, put it on your "must"
list. Last week we enjoyed the
tense drama of the emotional love
between a mother and her step
son in "Desire Under the Elms,"
and this week's show brings to.
gether a naive poet, some not
so-naive horse players and many
laughs in "Three Men on a
Horse."
Two years ago a dark quiet
and attractive coed named Lois
Piercy was just another girl on
Penn State's campus. At that
time one of the off-campus fra
ternities sponsored Lois in a cam
pus queen contest. She didn't
even make the finals. Today the
attractive brunette is Miss Penn
sylvania and a good bet for the
Miss. America. crown.. What
changes time does bring.
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Three well designed buildings
which grace the University's cam
pus are the lIUB, the infirmary
and Boucke building. In the cen
ter of these three attractive struc
tures there is the eye-sore of cam
pus. The little green shack, which
was used as contractors' offices
during building operations two
years ago, is still standing and
today is the office for Bell Tele
phone's workers. The next step
is to put a fire escape on it, name
it after a vice-president and be
gin holding classes.
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We were most disturbed the
other day when we walked
through the quadrangle in West
dorm area and found the grass
covered with part-animal, part
human male students . . . of all
ages. Loud and distasteful com
ments followed each girl that
walked to and from Waring. The
whole scene, to us, was quite
gross. And the "college men"
played the role to the hilt as they
were decked in a variety of
- clothes ranging to T-shirts and
dungarees—which have no place
on the college campus.
• * •
We were under the impression
that Penn State in the summer
was a suitcase college, but a trip
to Whipples on Sunday brought
sarong doubts to our mind. Near
ly 2000 people jammed the beach
and parking was impossible with
cars parked on both sides of the
road back into the woods. Of
course, everyone might not have
been at the beach.
Graduation this August should
be a large affair. We say this on
the basis of seeing so many of
the Class of '59 members who
were slated to graduate last June
still attending classes. Yes, there
is more than one way to keep a
summer school full!
—Prof Wayne
French Professor
Will Speak Today
' Dr. Maurice Dreyfus, professor
of chemistry and physics at the
Lycee Voltaire in Paris, will
speak at 4:15 p.m. today in the
Hetzel Union Building Assembly
Hail.
Dreyfus will speak on "Second
ary School Physics , in France."
His lecture is open to the public.
He comes to Penn State under
the National Science Foundation
Distinguished _ Foreign Lecture
Project which is sponsored in
conjunction with the National
Scie n c e Foundation Institute
for High School Teachers of Sci
ence .and Mathmatics which be
gan at the University Monday.
Dreyfus will be on campus
Wednesday and Thursday. He is
engaged in a tour of 50 universi
ties throughout the nation.
Collegian Distribution
Students and institute mem
bers may obtain issues of the
Summer Collegian at the fol
lowing locations: the Helsel
Union desk, Waring Hall
lounge, The Summer Collegian
office, Corner Room, State
College Hotel, New College
Diner, Penn State Diner, Nit
tany Lion Inn, Spudnut Shop,
Nittany News and at residence
halls now being occupied.
"The purse contains a hanky, seven pennies and two pieces of bubble
gum. Finder may keep the bubble guml"
Letters
Students Blast
Conduct Edit
TO THE EDITOR: Members
Of high school extension cours
es were recently shocked by an
article against them, entitled
"Safe Conduct Passes," which
appeared in the Summer Col
legian. The editorial strongly
implied that high school stu
dents were responsible for in
sulting conduct against co
eds.
The editors blasted exten
sion course members for heck
ling girls; yet some groups of
college men committed such
thoughtless acts as embarras
sing a member of the Jour
nalism Institute who made the
innocent mistake of taking the
wrong turn and going toward
the men's rest room—even
though she was unfamiliar
with the college and did not
know where she was going.
The editorial also stated
that there would be loud
cheers and cat-calls whenever
a co-ed dared to come to the
window; yet what group"of col
lege men traveled 400 miles to
purchase a telescope for night
time viewing entertainment?
The dress and manners of
the extension course students
have been severely criticized;
yet how many regular college
students do you see going
around in beards, Bermudas,
T-shirts, and sneakers?
Although we do not deny
that some of our members have
performed impolite or some
times childish actions, we feel
that the editors should look
around them at their fellow
students before placing the
blame on someone else. Col
lege students are older than
any extension course student
here. The actions of institute
members cannot be so severely
criticized when one looks at
the example being set for
them. Most people are imita
tors by nature. What concept
of maturity can we possibly
get when we see a large group
of college "men" placing a
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THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1959
JOSEPHINE
rubber snake on the steps of
Willard Hall and then jeer
ing at anyone who jumps. We
feel that the editors would do
better to consider the com
parative ages before criticiz
ing their guests.
—Dick Williamson, Muncy
High; James Wolfe, Sharon
High; Scott Ward, Mount Leb
anon High: Dave Walton, Bell
mar High.
Noise in Dorm
Grieves Grads
TO THE EDITOR: How about
a little less noise in the dorms?
My roommate and I are grad
uate students working on our
degrees and need to do some
serious study. We like to do
our work in peace, then go out
and have a good time but
not at the expense of our
neighbors.
We blame the poor conduct
in our dorm on the planning
of the University. A lack of
dorm counselors permits a
group of undergrads who act
like they have never been
away from home before to
have late hour track meets,
wrestling matches and other
games in the hallway. Com
ments fly from the windows at
passing girls, radios blare
from the sills of open windows,
and burps that would rate an
A-plus echo through the build
ing.
Women's conventions don't
help either. A group of wom
en in a men's dorm-is a rath
er unique idea, but after the
novelty wears off the noise re
mains. They seem to be here
more for a good time than for
any serious purpose.
We have spent many years
in dormitories, but none like
this. Who is it that mixes
grads, undergraduates and
"Atlantic City" women's con
ventions together in the same
hallways? We surely wish he
would drop around and see
what it's like, but it seems as
far as the college knows, we
could be running a State Store
up here. -
—Richard Altman
—Lee Engdahl
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